TM 5-3815-226-13&PSECTION IIMAINTENANCE1.MAINTENANCE CONCEPT: Operators shall possess an MOS of 62F and maintenance will be performed by a 62BMOS. This is a Non-Developmental Item (NDI) and as such, there is no maintenance engineering effort on the part of theArmy. However, consistent with maintenance policy and procedures of Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services(PMCS) and Maintenance Allocation Charts (MAC), the level of repair assigned to maintenance and associated tasksidentified in the MAC should be reflective of training and repair part support for similar items of equipment in the inventoryfor unit through depot maintenance. Maintenance will be performed by MOS 62B at the level authorized by the MAC andTOE mission statements.a. MAINTENANCE PLAN: Maintenance capabilities will be governed by the MAC and will be tailored toaccommodate the complexity of the maintenance requirement.b. UNIT MAINTENANCE: Unit Maintenance is performed by a crew, the operator, or unit maintenance personnel asshown in the MAC of the appropriate TM or commercial manual. Unit Maintenance normally includes inspection by sightand touch of easily accessible components; lubrication, cleaning preserving, tightening, and isolation using BITE, go no-go, or onboard instrumentation, if applicable; and the replacement of easily removed and installed components that do notrequire other than common tools.c. INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SUPPORT MAINTENANCE: Intermediate Direct Support Maintenance is performed byinstallation shops and selected intermediate maintenance support units and activities in the Army force structure.Intermediate Direct Support Maintenance will remove and replace major assemblies and components and provide contactmaintenance teams for local support of unit maintenance when required. Intermediate Direct Support Maintenancepersonnel shall be capable of diagnosing causes of equipment failures, repairing specified components and repair parts sothey may be returned to the supply system in support of the bucket. This maintenance level shall maintain a supply supportsystem which allows unit maintenance to obtain repair parts through reparable exchange (RX) and requisitions.d. Intermediate General Support Maintenance:No maintenance tasks are required at General Support Level.e. DEPOT MAINTENANCE: No depot maintenance programs are planned for the overhaul of these buckets.42
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